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A379429
Numbers k such that (31^k + 2^k)/33 is prime.
0
229, 1429, 36083, 44089
OFFSET
1,1
COMMENTS
The definition implies that k must be a prime.
a(5) > 10^5.
LINKS
J. Brillhart et al., Factorizations of b^n +- 1, Contemporary Mathematics, Vol. 22, Amer. Math. Soc., Providence, RI, 3rd edition, 2002.
H. Dubner and T. Granlund, Primes of the Form (b^n+1)/(b+1), J. Integer Sequences, 3 (2000), #P00.2.7.
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Repunit.
MATHEMATICA
Select[Prime[Range[10000]], PrimeQ[(31^# + 2^#)/33] &]
KEYWORD
nonn,hard,more,new
AUTHOR
Robert Price, Dec 22 2024
STATUS
approved